A Comprehensive Review of Focused Ultrasound Brain Applications

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Focused ultrasound for brain indications has experienced dramatic growth over the past five years. A team from Sunnybrook Research Institute and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center – Ying Meng, PhD, Kullervo Hynynen, PhD, and Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD – provides an overview of the growth of the technology and its future potential around the world. Learn about its current clinical spectrum across neurological and psychiatric diseases, human clinical trials, emerging preclinical models, numbers of academic publications, and increased public interest. What does the future landscape hold for focused ultrasound brain therapies?

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